Having presented a set of proposals reforms to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Saturday, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader, Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday that it would quit the ruling coalition if the government involved foreign powers to facilitate talks with the five-party Tamil National Alliance (TNA). […]
Sri Lanka’s bowlers ripped through a fragile England batting line-up to win the second one-day international in Durham by 157 runs to level the five-match series 1-1. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 88 as Sri Lanka made a respectable total of 256 for eight from their 50 overs. […]
The Indian newspapers, the very same that went overboard in partnership with its Western parties, to portray that the devil-incarnate was likely to lead India is using a lot of print space to vocalize the pressures being exerted by Tamil Nadu upon BJP not to include Sri Lanka’s President as State invitee for the inauguration. […]
Leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), R. Sampanthan, while extending his warmest congratulations to India’s new government led by Narendra Modi, sought Indian assistance in establishing peace in Sri Lanka. In a letter sent to Modi, Sampanthan says, “We look forward to work closely with you and your government to further strengthen genuine ties […]
The Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi should urge the visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to cooperate with UN-led investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes committed during the country’s civil war, Amnesty International India said on Friday. […]
Cabinet Ministers of Sri Lanka have no business to go off on a tangent expressing their rejected and defunct ideologies through Ministries they enjoy at the expense of the taxpaying public and based purely on compassionate grounds of the head of State, a sentiment that is not shared by any member of the common masses. […]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today rejected the invitation extended to Chief Minister C.Wigneswaran by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi stating that such collusion would give a false impression to the International Community. […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has extended an invitation to the Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council Justice C.V. Wigneswaran to join the Presidential Delegation to attend the ceremony at which the Oath of Office to India’s Prime Minister-designate Mr. Narendra Modi will be administered. […]
The chief suspect in the Peliyagoda Urban Council member’s murder has been arrested from Katunayaka, Police said. Police have recovered a motorbike, full face helmet, two mobile phones and attire similar to military fatigues believed to have been used during the murder plot. […]
Chennai: Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has termed as ‘unfortunate’ the invitation by Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend his swearing-in ceremony and said it was “tantamount to rubbing salt into the wounds of the already deeply injured Tamil psyche.” […]
Only people with clean hands can claim right to find fault with others and question their integrity. In taking an oath of loyalty to the National Constitution and country to protect its territorial integrity and sovereignty how far the BASL has compromised itself in accepting funds and donations from foreign sources is a matter that […]